Twitter
RSS
Facebook
LinkedIn
Delicious|
|
|
Videos
All Videos
Jobs are on everyone's mind. Which regions are employing the most geospatial professionals? How much money are companies paying these professionals? These are key issues, especially for those graduating from school or those considering a career change in the direction of geospatial technology. Editor in Chief Joe Francica provides insights in this episode of DMTV.
In this interview with ESRI President Jack Dangermond, Directions Magazine Editor in Chief Joe Francica discusses the health of the GIS technology sector, jobs and educating the next generation of geospatial professionals. Dangermond talks about the growth that ESRI is experiencing and how the state of the economy has impacted sales of GIS to the local, state and federal markets. This episode of DMTV also includes a brief review of the 2010 ESRI Federal User Conference that was held in Washington DC, February 17-19.
In this episode of DMTV, geospatial cloud computing is explained in a simple example of geocoding and pin mapping. Three steps are presented: storing, processing and visualizing geospatial information without the need for executible programs that are resident on your local computer. The objective is to show a workflow using as many cloud-based solutions as are available today to process georeferenced data.
Remotely sensed data of Haiti became the basis for updating maps of the devastated capital of Port-au-Prince when a 7.0 magnitude earthquake ripped through the country. Suddenly government, NGO, and volunteers collaborated using imagery provided by multiple sources including the USGS, NOAA, Google, DigitalGlobe, GeoEye and many other geospatial technology firms. The result was not only a tremendous outpouring of charity, but a technological success via social geonetworks and government agencies. Directions Magazine editor in chief Joe Francica provides a synopsis of how remote sensing became the foundation for many of Haiti's rescue efforts.
Come to Directions Media's LI GeoCloud Conference, September 22nd at the Newseum's Knight Conference Center, Pennsylvania Ave. and 6th Street N.W. The conference will focus on the applications, platforms, and business models of geospatial cloud computing.
It seems that eventually everyone will be carrying a GPS device. If so, will you ever need it to prove your whereabouts if you are the focus of litigation? Editor in chief Joe Francica ponders the possibility and provides advice from a legal expert familiar with geospatial technology.
This week, DMTV takes a look at location-based services discussed at the Consumer Electronics Show in early January. The car manufacturers were pushing more Internet connectivity with a concept called the "connected automobile" while geospatial technology providers like NAVTEQ and Tele Atlas were touting 3D data for better car performance and driver enhancements for navigation. Ford CEO Alan Mulally provided insights on Ford's new technology to enhance the driver experience in apps that work with Microsoft SYNC and other innovations included with "myFord." Editor in Chief Joe Francica provides a synopsis of the news and his take on why 3D data are a must.
Directions Media's Editor in Chief Joe Francica looks at cloud computing and how geospatial technology vendors are only just now beginning to think about a business model. Joe shares information from IDC's Top Ten predictions for 2010, and specifically that company's expectations for cloud computing. Finally, looking at satellite imagery from both DigitalGlobe and GeoEye, he discusses how these data suppliers are contributing to the rescue efforts for the Haitian earthquake.
From the Google Earth Outreach team Jane Goodall explains about deforestation in regions in Africa and South America... The Surui Tribe in the Amazon Rainforest had contact with the outside world just in 1969. Now, they are working with organizations around the globe to enter the carbon marketplace to preserve their rainforest and their way of life -- living in harmony with the rainforest. Local communities in Tanzania are also getting help from organizations like the Jane Goodall Institute to preserve their culture and biodiversity. Learn more at http://www.google.com/cop15
In this inaugural episode of DMTV from Directions Media, editor in chief Joe Francica discusses the predictions for information technology spending by market research firm IDC and what that might mean for the geospatail technology sector.
Journal News Removes Interactive Gun Permit Map
The Lower Hudson Journal News has been under fire for publishing a map of gun permit holders in two counties in New York State before Christma. (APB coverage 1, 2, podcast). On Friday January 18 the paper removed the interactive map. Why? Publisher Janet Hasson gave answers in a media statement and in a letter to readers.
In a statement in response to The Poynter Institute (a journalism school) she argued:
With the passage this week of the NYSAFE gun law, which allows permit holders to request their names and addresses be removed from the public record, we decided to remove the gun permit data from lohud.com at 5 pm today. While the new law does not require us to remove the data, we believe that doing so complies with its spirit. For the past four weeks, there has been vigorous debate over our publication of the permit data, which has been viewed nearly 1.2 million times by readers. One of our core missions as a newspaper is to empower our readers with as much information as possible on the critical issues they face, and guns have certainly become a top issue since the massacre in nearby Newtown, Conn. Sharing as much public information as possible provides our readers with the ability to contribute to the discussion, in any way they wish, on how to make their communities safer. We remain committed to our mission of providing the critical public service of championing free speech and open records.
In a letter to readers published on Friday she wrote:
So intense was the opposition to our publication of the names and addresses that legislation passed earlier this week in Albany included a provision allowing permit holders to request confidentiality and imposing a 120-day moratorium on the release of permit holder data.
She goes on to say that during the 27 days the map was online any one interested would have seen it and that the data would eventually be out of date. She also noted that the paper does not endorse the way the state chose to limit availability of the data.
The original map/article still includes a graphic - but it's a snapshot, a raster image, with no interactivity. Says Hasson in the letter to readers:
And we will keep a snapshot of our map — with all its red dots — on our website to remind the community that guns are a fact of life we should never forget.
I continue to applaud the paper for requesting the data via a Freedom on Informat request, mapping it, keeping the map up despite threats and criticism and now responding to state law. I think the paper did a service to the state, to citizens and to journalism.
- via reader Jim and Poynter
About Us | Advertise | Contact Us | Web Terms & Conditions | Privacy Policy
© 2013 Directions Media. All Rights Reserved
